Transcription of Virtuoso UltraSim Simulator User Guide
1 Virtuoso UltraSim Simulator User Guide Product Version May 2010 2003 2010 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All rights in the United States of Design Systems, Inc. (Cadence), 2655 Seely Ave., San Jose, CA 95134, MMSIM contains technology licensed from, and copyrighted by: C. L. Lawson, R. J. Hanson, D. Kincaid, and F. T. Krogh 1979, J. J. Dongarra, J. Du Croz, S. Hammarling, and R. J. Hanson 1988, J. J. Dongarra, J. Du Croz, I. S. Duff, and S. Hammarling 1990, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 1992-1996; Brian Paul 1999-2003; M.
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8 Or its successor Virtuoso UltraSim Simulator User GuideMay 20105 Product Version .. 21 Licensing in Virtuoso UltraSim Simulator .. 22 Virtuoso UltraSim L and XL Product Levels .. 22 Related Documents for Virtuoso UltraSim Simulator .. 26 Typographic and Syntax Conventions .. 271 Introduction to Virtuoso UltraSim Simulator .. 31 Virtuoso UltraSim Simulator Features .. 31 Related Documents for Extended Analyses .. 33 Virtuoso UltraSim Simulator in IC Design Flow .. 33 Command Line Format.
9 35 Running the Virtuoso UltraSim Simulator .. 35 Virtuoso UltraSim Simulator Options .. 35 Virtuoso UltraSim 64-Bit Software .. 39 Virtuoso UltraSim Simulator Configuration File .. 40 Virtuoso UltraSim Simulator Input/Output Files .. 41 Waveform Name Syntax .. 44 Virtuoso UltraSim Return Codes .. 45 Error and Warning Messages .. 46 Creating Tutorial Directories .. 46 UltraSim_Workshop .. 46usim_ade .. 47 Usim_Verilog .. 48 USIM_NetlistBased_EMIR_Flow.
10 482 Netlist File Formats.. 51 Supported Netlist File Formats .. 51 Virtuoso Spectre .. 51 ContentsVirtuoso UltraSim Simulator User GuideMay 20106 Product Version .. 52 Mixed Virtuoso Spectre and HSPICE .. 54 Structural Verilog .. 56 Compressed Netlist File .. 57 Supported Virtuoso Spectre Model Features .. 58 Virtuoso Spectre .. 58 Verilog-A .. 60 Supported HSPICE Model Features .. 61 Syntax Rules .. 61 Unit Prefix Symbols .. 62 Supported HSPICE Devices and Elements.
